Silverbirchen

Color and pattern male

Head: silvery white.

Neck- and saddle-hackle: silvery white, each feather with a broad glossy green-black shaft-stripe, running parallel to the edge, ends in a point near the tip.

Front of the neck: black each feather with a narrow, silvery-white lacing.

Back, shoulders and wing-bows: silvery white

Tail, wing-bar and flights: glossy green-black.

Breast: black, each feather with a narrow silvery-white lacing to top of thighs.

Thighs, belly and fluff: black.

Down: grey-black.

Color and pattern of the female

Head: silvery-white.

Neck-hackle: silvery-white, each feather with a broad glossy green-black shaft-stripe, running parallel to the edge, ends in a point near the tip.

Front of the neck: black, each feather with a narrow, silver-white lacing.

Back, saddle, tail and wings: glossy green-black.

Breast: black, each feather provided with a narrow, silver-white lacing to top of thighs.

Thighs, belly and fluff: black

Down: grey-black.

Serious faults male and female

Yellow tint in the silvery-white feather parts. Insufficient shaft-stripes in the hackles. Complete insufficient or too far downward lacing of the breast feathers.